Texas Authors' Newest Endeavors are Child's Play by Glen Drumgoole from The Bryan-College Station Eagle. Features The Alley Cat's Meow by Kathi Appelt (Harcourt, 2002), a nominee for Bats Around The Clock, as well as two nominated books, Phoebe Clappsaddle and the Tumbleweed Gang by Melanie Chrismer and Ima & the Great Texas Ostrich Race by Margaret McManis.